Friday
31.10.14 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Kyle Naughton
came through the League Cup tie with Brighton on Wednesday
without any ill-effects and will be available once more, but
Spurs will be without Kyle Walker (hip) and Nabil
Bentaleb (ankle), while Etienne Capoue hopes to
shake off a knock he took to his knee against Newcastle
United last Sunday. Aaron Lennon had a slight
hamstring pull on Wednesday, but hopes to be ready to play.
ASTON VILLA TEAM NEWS : - Ex-Spur Alan Hutton
will miss the game against his old side with an ankle
injury, but defender Nathan Baker could recover from a
hamstring injury to feature and Andreas Weimann will be fit
after taking a knock in Villa's game at QPR. Phillipe
Senderos has a thigh injury that might rule him out.
Some scary stories around today on Halloween. The
Express reckon Real Madrid will bid £20 million for Hugo
Lloris in January or if necessary next summer, but Paris
St. Germain are also interested. We must be really
good if they keep buying all our players !!
AC Milan are looking to sign Jan Vertonghen in the
summer of 2015 according to some sources.
Tottenham's home League Cup quarter final against Newcastle
United will be played on Wednesday 17th December with a
19:45 kick off.
Nabil Bentaleb and Eric Dier have been
nominated in Tuttosport's list of 40 candidates for the
Golden Boy award of the best Under-21 player in Europe.
The Daily Mail reckons that Daniel Levy will have a
shake-up of the clubs scouting network, after he feels that
the money spent in the summer of 2013 has not reaped the
benefits it should have done. Franco Baldini
looks set to stay as Sporting Director, despite rumours that
Spurs might let him leave.
Spurs Under-21s lost 1-2 to Liverpool away at Langthorne
Park, St. Helens tonight, with the Spurs goal scored by
Will Miller.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Thursday
30.10.14 |
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Tottenham have been linked, with Liverpool and Manchester
United, to 25 year old Turkish defender Omar Toprak
of Bayer Leverksen, who would cost £12 million.
The Daily Mirror claim that Benoit Assou-Ekotto has
been told he can leave Tottenham on a free transfer, but he
does not want ot drop his salary of £40,000 a week, which is
deterring QPR and Crystal Palace from taking him on.
Former Spurs assistant coach Chris Ramsey has joined
QPR as their youth coach.
OTHER NEWS ... Lee Clark has been appointed as the new
manager of Blackpool ...
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Wednesday
29.10.14 |
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Tottenham beat Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 at White Hart
Lane tonight in the League Cup. For a match report
click
here.
Spurs were drawn at home to Newcastle United in the quarter
finals of the League Cup.
Mauricio Pochettino had complained that Tottenham's
poor home form was down to the pitch being too small.
Spurs have the third smallest pitch in the Premier League.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Tuesday
28.10.14 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Kyle Naughton
is back in the squad after his ankle injury against
Southampton, while Federico Fazio returns after
serving a one match suspension for getting sent off at
Manchester City. Nabil Bentaleb's ankle injury
rules him out and Kyle Walker is still side-lined
with his recovery from hip surgery.
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION TEAM NEWS : - Sam Baldock
misses the tie with Tottenham as he is cup-tied and both
Craig Makail-Smith (hamstring) and Bruno (groin) are
doubtful, but Kazenga Lua Lua is back after suspension.
Solly March, Dale Stephens and Andrew Crofts are all out
injured long term.
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Spurs are reportedly interested in signing £15 million rated
Jay Rodriguez from Southampton and counter stories
reckon the South Coast Big Club will splash out £10 million
on Harry Kane. If Rodriguez did come to White
hart Lane, some sources report that Andros Townsend
might leave with Southampton or West Ham United possible
destinations, to allow him to play regular first team
football.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Monday
27.10.14 |
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Spurs Under-21s beat Chelsea 1-0 in the FA Premier Academy
Under-21 League tonight at Stevenage FC, with Emmanuel
Sonupe scoring the deciding goal.
Tottenham have been reported as being in advanced talks with
free agent Lassana Diarra, who had previously played
for CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Arsenal.
Later in the day, the rumours were denied.
OTHER NEWS ... Birmingham City have appointed Gary Rowett as
their latest manager ... Blackpool have sacked their
manager Jose Riga ...
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Sunday
26.10.14 |
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Tottenham lost 1-2 to Newcastle United at White Hart Lane
this afternoon. For a match report, click
here.
Stories in today's papers claim that Spurs might have to
spend a two year stretch at Stadium MK as the new White Hart
Lane stadium is completed..
Tottenham have said they are offering support to Paul
Gascoigne, who was sectioned yesterday morning after
another alleged drinking binge. The former ENgland
midfielder has gone into emergency detox.
Sporting Director Franco Baldini is said to have been
to watch Borussia Moenchengladbach's German international
midfielder Christoph Kramer twice, with a move
expected for the player in January.
If DeAndre Yedlin arrives from Seattle Sounders in
January (dependent on getting a Latvian passport), this
could persuade Tottenham to sell Kyle Naughton to
Swansea City.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Saturday
25.10.14 |
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Rumours linking Paulinho with a loan move back to
Brazilian side Corinthians have been denied by Tottenham.
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click here.
Spurs Under-18s beat Reading 2-1 at Hotspur Way this
morning, with goals from Cy Goddard and Shayon
Harrison.
OTHER NEWS ... Leeds United sacked their manager Darko
Milanic after just 32 days in charge ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Arsene Wenger said that
water only boils at 100 degrees and not 99, so his team have
to find that extra degree. However, while that is
true, water will perform as though it is boiling even though
it has not reached the requisite temperature ... unlike
Arsenal.
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Friday
24.10.14 |
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Spurs are asking everyone attending the match to wear
something white to pay remembrance to Bill Nicholson
at Sunday's match against Newcastle United. It doesn't
have top be a Spurs shirt, but can be a white shirt, coat,
scarf or hoodie.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - As well as injury
victims Kyle Walker (hip), Kyle Naughton
(ankle) and Nabil Bentaleb (ankle), Federico Fazio
will not be available after getting sent off against
Manchester City last Saturday. Naughton and Bentaleb
might be having late fitness tests for the game if they come
through training on Saturday OK.
NEWCASTLE UNITED TEAM NEWS : - The North-East side
could be without striker Papiss Cisse, who has a knee
injury, although defender Ryan Taylor is back in the squad
for the first time in a year after suffering a cruciate
ligament injury. Other doubts are midfielder Chiekh
Tiote, forwards Emmanuel Riviere and Sammy Ameobi and
defender Mike Williamson.
Tottenham, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal,
Newcastle United and Liverpool are all said to be interested
in Bayer Leverkusen's Belgian winger Karim Bellarabi,
who could be available in January.
Spurs are also rumoured to be interested in Ajax's 29 year
old Finnish defender Niklas Moisander, who is out of
contract next summer.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... .
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Thursday
23.10.14 |
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Tottenham beat Asteras Tripolis 5-1 at White Hart Lane
tonight in the Europa League. For a match report.
click
here.
Today is the 10th anniversary of the death of the greatest
Spur ever ... Bill Nicholson. He will never be
forgotten.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... .
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Wednesday
22.10.14 |
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Everyone at MEHSTG was shocked and deeply saddened to hear
of the sudden death of Club Historian Andy Porter
this morning. Our heartfelt sympathies go to his
family and to his friends. A personal tribute to Andy
can be viewed
here.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Tottenham have
Nabil Bentaleb and Kyle Naughton missing with
ankle injuries and Kyle Walker is still out
recovering from his hip surgery.
For a preview of the match with Asteras Tripolis tomorrow,
click here.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Tuesday
21.10.14 |
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Spurs are being linked with Chelsea and Arsenal target, 22
year old Marseille midfielder Giannelli Imbula, who
is a full international for France.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's no-spin story ... Balfour Beatty, the
builders converting the Olympic Stadium into the new Upton
Park, want another £50 million of the tax payer's money to
complete the job. No. Really, they do !!
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Monday
20.10.14 |
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Someone has started a ridiculous rumour that Spurs would
want to buy Stevie Wonder from Arsenal for £10 million in
January. There are number of issues with this rumour,
but the main one being that he is crap and the fact that he
thinks hell would freeze over before this transfer happens
is warmly echoed by Spurs fans.
OTHER NEWS ... Birmingham City sacked their manager Lee
Clark today ...
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Sunday
19.10.14 |
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Spurs are once more being linked with a move for Dnipro
Dnipropetrovsk winger Yehven Konoplyanka, who would
be available for a knock-down price of £5 million in January.
The Sunday Mirror gives Spurs fans a crumb of good news
after yesterday's defeat, with a story claiming Christian
Eriksen is set for new contract talks, as he appears
ready to commit his future to Tottenham under Mauricio
Pochettino.
The Mirror also runs a story saying that the possible
departure of Hugo Lloris for Champions League football has
alerted Tottenham to the France Under-21 goalkeeper Ali
Ahamada of Toulouse, who would cost £9 million, with
some of the continent's top clubs also chasing him.
The Sunday Express says Spurs, Liverpool and Arsenal are all
chasing Shinji Okazaki, a Japanese striker playing
for Mainz.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Arsene Wenger has been
accused of being more defensive than his team during a
patronising interview with the BBC's Jacqui Oatley after
yesterday's 2-2 draw with Hull City.
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Saturday
18.10.14 |
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Tottenham lost 1-4 to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium
this afternoon. Click
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OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Friday
17.10.14 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Spurs are waiting for
late checks on Hugo Lloris and Nacer Chadli,
who both had to sit out mid-week Euro 2016 matches.
Nabil Bentaleb and Emmanuel Adebayor were late
returning to the club from their African Cup of Nations
matches on Wednesday and so may not have had time to recover
in time for the match on Saturday at Manchester City.
The two Kyles - Walker and Naughton -
will miss out, but Naughton could return in Thursday's
Europa League match against Asteras Tripolis at White Hart
Lane.
MANCHESTER CITY TEAM NEWS : - Eliaquim Mangala will
miss out with a groin injury and Yaya Toure may be rested
after travelling to play for Ivory Coast. Samir
Nasri's groin injury might side-line him for the match, but
Fernandinho is expected back after a hamstring strain.
For a preview of tomorrow's Manchester City match, click
here.
Spurs Under-18s travelled around the M25 to play Arsenal at
London Colney and came home with two goals from Ismail
Azzaoui giving them a 2-0 win and three points.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Thursday
16.10.14 |
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Milos Veljkovic has joined Middlesbrough on a three
month loan, which could be extended in January.
Talks have apparently taken place between Spurs and MK Dons
about a ground share for the season prior to Tottenham
moving into their new stadium.
Spurs are today being linked with a move for Fenerbahce's 27
year old Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike, who would
cost around £10 million.
Former Spurs central defender William Gallas has
announced his retirement from football today.
OTHER NEWS ... Tranmere Rovers have appointed Micky
Adams as their new manager ...
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Wednesday
15.10.14 |
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Spurs have today been linked with a move for Fiorentina's 21
year old Croatian striker Ante Rebic.
Jan Vertonghen is reported to have missed out on the
captaincy at Spurs this season, as Mauricio Pochettino
is allegedly said to have approached senior figures in the
squad to sound them out about who should have the armband
and Younes Kaboul was the man selected.
OTHER NEWS ... York City have appointed Russ Wilcox as
their new manager ...
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Tuesday
14.10.14 |
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Harry Kane, Tom Carroll and Eric Dier all
played 90 minutes of England Under-21s 2-1 away win in the
Euro 2015 U21 Championship play off second leg, winning 4-2
on aggregate. Alex Pritchard was an unused substitute.
Christian Eriksen was in Denmark's side that lost 0-1
at home to Portugal in the Euro 20156 qualifying group game
tonight, with the midfielder completing 84 minute sof the
match before the visitors scored a winner deep into added
time at the end of the game.
Hugo Lloris was an unused sub in France's 3-0 away
Euro 2016 qualifier tonight in Armenia.
Vlad Chiriches completed the 90 minutes of Romania's 2-0
away European qualifier in Finland tonight.
Tottenham's Under-21s lost 1-3 away to Norwich City at
Carrow Road tonight, with Cristian Ceballos scoring
Tottenham's goal.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Monday
13.10.14 |
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Ben Davies was an unused substitute in Wales' 2-1
home win over Cyprus in the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign in
Cardiff tonight.
Jan Vertonghen played all of Belgium's 1-1 away draw
with Bosnia-Herzegovina tonight in the Euro 2016 qualifying
match, while Nacer Chadli and Mousa Dembele
were unused substitutes.
Tottenham are today being linked with a move for Toulouse
striker Wissam Ben Yedder, who would cost £5 million..
OTHER NEWS ... Tranmere Rovers manager Rob Edwards was
sacked today ... Scunthorpe United appointed Mark
Robins as their new manager ...
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Sunday
12.10.14 |
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Andros Townsend was an unused substitute for
England's 1-0 Euro 2016 qualifier in Estonia tonight.
OTHER NEWS ... Bolton Wanderers have named Neil Lennon
as their new manager ...
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Saturday
11.10.14 |
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Spurs are set to make a £15 million bid for West Bromwich
Albion striker Saido Berahino according to the Sun
today.
Tottenham's Under-18s lost 1-5 at home to Brighton and Hove
Albion this morning, with their goal scored by Shayon
Harrison.
Erik Lamela played 60 minutes of Argentina's 0-2
friendly defeat in Beijing this morning.
DeAndre Yedlin played all of the USA's 1-1 draw with
Ecuador this morning.
Christian Eriksen played all of Denmark's 1-1 Euro
qualifying draw in Albania tonight.
Hugo Lloris was an unused substitute as France beat
Portugal in a friendly international tonight.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Friday
10.10.14 |
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Wales drew 0-0 with Bosnia-Herzegovina in Cardiff tonight in
the Euro 2016 qualifiers, with Ben Davies playing the
90 minutes for Wales.
Belgium beat Andorra in a Euro 2016 qualifier in Brussells
tonight and Jan Vertonghen played the whole match.
Nacer Chadli scored the third Belgium goal being
substituted after 61 minutes, while Mousa Dembele was
an unused substitute.
Tom Carroll and Harry Kane played all of
England Under-21s European Championship finals play-off
first leg 2-1 win over Croatia at Molineux tonight.
Kane scored for England and Eric Dier came on as a
substitute in the 46th minute.
Milos Velkjovic played 90 minutes of Serbia Under-21s
0-0 draw at home to Spain in the European Championship
finals play-off first leg tonight.
SV Hamburg have indicated that they may wish to make the
loan of Lewis Holtby a permanent deal for £5 million.
Spurs have been linked in the Daily Mirror with a move for
Schalke 04's Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in
January for a price of £3 million should Roberto Soldado
go to Internazionale. However, the Italian club are
not likely to match his £60,00 a week wages at White Hart
Lane.
With Kyle Naughton's ankle ligament injury possibly
ruling him out for three months, DeAndre Yedlin has
hinted that he could join Spurs in January if he can obtain
a Latvian passport (form his mother's side of the family).
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Thursday
09.10.14 |
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Andros Townsend came on as a 66th minute substitute
for England in their 5-0 win over San Marino at Wembley in a
Euro 2016 qualifier tonight. Andros scored once and
had another shot kicked off the line in his short cameo
appearance.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Wednesday
08.10.14 |
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Reports rumour that QPR want to take Emmanuel Adebayor
to Loftus Road.
There are also reports that Spurs want to sell Aaron
Lennon for £8 million, but the winger wants to stay with
the club.
Former Spurs centre-half Sebastien Bassong has joined
Watford on loan from Norwich City for three months.
OTHER NEWS ... Russ Wilcox has been sacked as manager
of Scunthorpe United ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... .
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Tuesday
07.10.14 |
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Kyle Walker is aiming to return to the Spurs team in
the short term, getting back into training this month and
then starting running with a place back in the starting line
up to follow fairly quickly after if all goes to plan.
Ben Davies has been awarded the Football Association
of Wales' Young Player of the Year.
Former Spurs forward and coach Les Ferdinand has been
appointed as Head of Football Operations at QPR.
OTHER NEWS ... Cardiff City have appointed Russell
Slade as their new manager ... Watford appoint Slavisa
Jokanovic as their fourth manager of the season following
the departure of Billy McKinlay after two matches in charge
...
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Monday
06.10.14 |
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Spurs have had further fixture changes announced, with the
following games moving dates/times ...
Swansea City (away) will now take
place on Sunday 14th December with a 16.00 kick off (Sky
Sports
The home game with Manchester United
will kick off at Noon on Sunday 28th December (BT Sport).
Chelsea's visit to Tottenham on 1st
January 2015 will now kick off at 17.30 (BT Sport).
Partizan Belgrade will have part of their ground closed in
their Europa League match with Besiktas for the displaying
of an anti-Semitic banner in the match against Spurs.
The K section of the home support will be shut to
spectators, as this was where the banner was displayed and
the Serbian club also got a
€40,000 fine from UEFA.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Sunday
05.10.14 |
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Tottenham beat Southampton 1-0 at White Hart Lane this afternoon.
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The Sunday Star reports that Spurs may make a £4 million bid
for Anderlecht's 21 year old Honduran winger Andy Najar,
who previously played in the MLS. The club have had
him watched and plan to bring him in as competition for
Aaron Lennon and Andros Townsend.
OTHER NEWS ... Colin Cooper left his post as Hartlepool
United manager today ...
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Saturday
04.10.14 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Danny Rose and
Mousa Dembele are both likely to have late fitness
tests after picking up knocks recently. Kyle Walker
is definitely out, with no return date set for his first
team comeback after pelvic surgery.
SOUTHAMPTON TEAM NEWS : - There is a more or less full
squad for Ronald Koeman to choose from, with only Maya
Yoshida missing, as Florin Gardos likely to recover from his
calf injury.
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Spurs Under-18s drew 1-1 with Aston Villa Under-18s on their
visit to Bodymoor Heath this morning. The Spurs goal
was scored by Shayon Harrison.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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Friday
03.10.14 |
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Little news of any substance today other than the talking up
of Sunday's visit by Southampton.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... “Liverpool manager Brendan
Rodgers says patience is needed as £20m winger Lazar
Markovic adjusts to life in the Premier League after his
summer move from Benfica,” he told the Liverpool Echo. Not
this season’s Spurs (who he said signed too many players
from outside the Premier League last season) then ??
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Thursday
02.10.14 |
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Tottenham drew 1-1 with Besiktas at White Hart Lane in the
Europa League tonight. For a match report click
here.
OTHER NEWS ... Manager Dougie Freeman parted company
with Bolton Wanderers by mutual consent ...
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Wednesday
01.10.14 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Danny Rose is
doubtful; for the match after having to be substituted
against Arsenal on Saturday, while Kyle Walker is
still out with his recovery from his hip operation still
keeping him side-lined, with no return date as yet.
For a brief preview of the Besiktas game, click
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OTHER NEWS ... ...
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